Ninja Vs. Unicorn | Pipeworks Brewing Company

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Ninja vs. Unicorn celebrates the epic battle between two of the biggest hop-heads of lore. Brewed with over five pounds of hops per barrel, this unfiltered double IPA is sure to please the most discerning hop lover. Whether you’re rooting for the mythical horned horse or the deadly assassin of the east, we hope you’ll enjoy Ninja vs. Unicorn.

Ninja Vs. Unicorn pours a hazy, slightly juicy mango juice colored body, with a firm, fuzzy 2 finger head in my tulip. Lace is left vehemently behind, just utterly leaving a path of destruction of the battle that was just fought by the can vs. glass.

Nose is of peach, mangoes, melon, sweat sock, and pizza dough/sauce. A little bit of onion creeps in there, too. A nose to the can makes me chuckle aloud. Pure sweat sock. Haha.

Wow, this really incorporates all of the elements of a good IPA. It starts with a piney bitterness that gives way to pine pricked cantaloupe, then fresh canteloupe, then an herbal tang, then outright dankness, finally to an herb-twitched malt profile and lingering spruce tips.

Feel is thick, juicy, resinous, I'm drunk.

The hype is real, guys. I love this IPA. Not quite as good as Todd The Axeman, that's the king of mid USA...but still super solid. Hoping to bump this one up to "World-Class".

A really nice balanced flavor profile between the tropical citrus notes and the resiny hoppy bitterness . A dense malty backbone bringing it all together. Smooth drinking, but high ibu's. Very high quality for a nationally distributed DIPA. Much more refined than your typical Stone, DFH, Ithaca, Great Lakes DIPA's.

Perfect texture and carb for an 8 percenter. Slightly syrupy on the top of the pour. Thinner and cloudier on the bottom of the can.

Pipeworks can do no wrong in my book. always clean flavors, fermentation and sanitization with tried and tested recipes.
The only thing that irks me slightly is lack of canning dates. This product is in high enough demand and sells out quick enough that canning dates can do no harm to the product placement. Unless you sell to underhanded and or untrained distributors.

It's a very good, aromatic DIPA with a solid mouthfeel and balance (though a bit on the sweet/malty side). The only issue is what I assume is the mosaic hop profile that gives this beer an almost sweet sticky caramelized onion flavor that really turns unpleasant as the beer warms.

Three weeks old, so fairly fresh. As soon as the can is opened, dank, piney, grassy notes emerge. Big citrus notes of grapefruit and tangerine meld with caramel malt sweetness to add candied tropical fruit depth.

Flavor is more resiny throughout, grassy, with a fairly bitter, piney finish. The initial sharp citrus and mango fades to slight caramel sweetness, finishing very dry. There's a touch of vegetal character throughout that's a little offputting.